Encruzilhada do Sul weather in May

In May, Encruzilhada do Sul sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 104 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Encruzilhada do Sul's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Encruzilhada do Sul's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 104 mm; 8.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 8:12 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 9th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 2.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Encruzilhada do Sul is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical May day in Encruzilhada do Sul reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	20	12
12	20	12
13	20	12
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

Encruzilhada do Sul weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	136	14.6	13.8	5.1
Feb	28° / 18°	129	13	13.1	5.5
Mar	27° / 17°	117	11.8	12.2	6.3
Apr	24° / 14°	123	9.3	11.3	6.9
May	20° / 11°	104	8.7	10.5	6.4
Jun	18° / 9°	126	9.4	10.1	5.7
Jul	17° / 8°	134	10	10.2	5.5
Aug	19° / 9°	126	10.3	10.9	6.2
Sep	20° / 11°	152	10.6	11.8	6.2
Oct	23° / 13°	168	11.7	12.7	6.4
Nov	26° / 15°	123	10.3	13.5	6.7
Dec	28° / 17°	130	11.8	13.9	6.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	44	44	44	44	44	43	43
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	56	56	57	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	43	57

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Encruzilhada do Sul gets around 104 mm of rain over 8.7 wet days in May, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	27
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	29
31	29

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	54	55	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	66
Comfortable (%)	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	23	22
Humid (%)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Muggy (%)	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	26	22	9
2	43	27	22	8
3	44	27	22	7
4	44	27	22	7
5	45	28	22	6
6	45	28	21	5
7	45	29	21	5
8	46	29	21	4
9	46	30	20	4
10	47	30	20	3
11	48	30	20	3
12	48	30	19	2
13	49	30	19	2
14	50	30	19	2
15	50	30	18	2
16	51	29	18	2
17	52	29	17	2
18	52	29	17	2
19	54	28	16	2
20	55	28	15	2
21	56	27	15	2
22	57	27	14	2
23	59	26	13	2
24	60	25	13	2
25	61	25	12	2
26	62	24	12	2
27	63	24	11	2
28	64	23	11	2
29	65	23	10	2
30	65	23	10	2
31	66	22	10	2

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of May to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 8:02 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:08	8:09	8:10	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:18	8:18	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	8:02	6:52
2	10.8	8:03	6:51
3	10.8	8:04	6:50
4	10.7	8:04	6:49
5	10.7	8:05	6:49
6	10.7	8:06	6:48
7	10.7	8:06	6:47
8	10.6	8:07	6:46
9	10.6	8:08	6:45
10	10.6	8:08	6:44
11	10.6	8:09	6:44
12	10.6	8:10	6:43
13	10.5	8:10	6:42
14	10.5	8:11	6:42
15	10.5	8:12	6:41
16	10.5	8:12	6:40
17	10.4	8:13	6:40
18	10.4	8:14	6:39
19	10.4	8:14	6:38
20	10.4	8:15	6:38
21	10.4	8:16	6:37
22	10.3	8:16	6:37
23	10.3	8:17	6:36
24	10.3	8:18	6:36
25	10.3	8:18	6:35
26	10.3	8:19	6:35
27	10.3	8:19	6:35
28	10.2	8:20	6:34
29	10.2	8:21	6:34
30	10.2	8:21	6:33
31	10.2	8:22	6:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 2.86 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.66 kWh/m² in December across the year — May's 2.86 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.2	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.7	Moderate
25	2.7	Moderate
26	2.7	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Encruzilhada do Sul?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Encruzilhada do Sul for sightseeing.

What to pack for Encruzilhada do Sul in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Encruzilhada do Sul sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Encruzilhada do Sul in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Encruzilhada do Sul peaks around January 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	10	7	4	3	4	5	8	6	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Encruzilhada do Sul?

Encruzilhada do Sul sits at 30.5°S, 52.5°W, 431 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Rio Pardo, 63 km away.

Topography around Encruzilhada do Sul

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Encruzilhada do Sul.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Encruzilhada do Sul has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 391 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 595 m.

The land around Encruzilhada do Sul is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (48%), grassland (25%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

185 m

trees 44%

16 km

384 m

trees 50%

80 km

595 m

trees 48%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← April Encruzilhada do Sul year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Rio Pardo 63 km · Cachoeira do Sul 67 km · Butiá 71 km · Camaquã 76 km · Vera Cruz 92 km · Caçapava do Sul 92 km · Santa Cruz do Sul 92 km · Canguçu 96 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,713; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 482
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Encruzilhada do Sul (-30.5439°, -52.5219°, elevation 431 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	20	12
12	20	12
13	20	12
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	27
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	26	22	9
2	43	27	22	8
3	44	27	22	7
4	44	27	22	7
5	45	28	22	6
6	45	28	21	5
7	45	29	21	5
8	46	29	21	4
9	46	30	20	4
10	47	30	20	3
11	48	30	20	3
12	48	30	19	2
13	49	30	19	2
14	50	30	19	2
15	50	30	18	2
16	51	29	18	2
17	52	29	17	2
18	52	29	17	2
19	54	28	16	2
20	55	28	15	2
21	56	27	15	2
22	57	27	14	2
23	59	26	13	2
24	60	25	13	2
25	61	25	12	2
26	62	24	12	2
27	63	24	11	2
28	64	23	11	2
29	65	23	10	2
30	65	23	10	2
31	66	22	10	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	20	12
12	20	12
13	20	12
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	27
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	26	22	9
2	43	27	22	8
3	44	27	22	7
4	44	27	22	7
5	45	28	22	6
6	45	28	21	5
7	45	29	21	5
8	46	29	21	4
9	46	30	20	4
10	47	30	20	3
11	48	30	20	3
12	48	30	19	2
13	49	30	19	2
14	50	30	19	2
15	50	30	18	2
16	51	29	18	2
17	52	29	17	2
18	52	29	17	2
19	54	28	16	2
20	55	28	15	2
21	56	27	15	2
22	57	27	14	2
23	59	26	13	2
24	60	25	13	2
25	61	25	12	2
26	62	24	12	2
27	63	24	11	2
28	64	23	11	2
29	65	23	10	2
30	65	23	10	2
31	66	22	10	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	13
2	22	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	20	12
12	20	12
13	20	12
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	19	11
20	19	11
21	19	11
22	19	11
23	19	11
24	19	11
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	18	10
29	18	10
30	18	10
31	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	47	53
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	46	54
14	47	53
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	46	54
23	46	54
24	45	55
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	43	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	27
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	27
15	28
16	28
17	28
18	28
19	28
20	28
21	28
22	28
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	26	22	9
2	43	27	22	8
3	44	27	22	7
4	44	27	22	7
5	45	28	22	6
6	45	28	21	5
7	45	29	21	5
8	46	29	21	4
9	46	30	20	4
10	47	30	20	3
11	48	30	20	3
12	48	30	19	2
13	49	30	19	2
14	50	30	19	2
15	50	30	18	2
16	51	29	18	2
17	52	29	17	2
18	52	29	17	2
19	54	28	16	2
20	55	28	15	2
21	56	27	15	2
22	57	27	14	2
23	59	26	13	2
24	60	25	13	2
25	61	25	12	2
26	62	24	12	2
27	63	24	11	2
28	64	23	11	2
29	65	23	10	2
30	65	23	10	2
31	66	22	10	2